Connecticut court to appoint professional to redraw congressional district boundaries

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut's highest court will name a special master to redraw the state's congressional district boundaries after lawmakers failed to agree on a new map.

The Connecticut Supreme Court will choose its representative from two out-of-state professors recommended by state Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

Chief Justice Chase Rogers said during a hearing Friday that the name will be announced next week. That person will have until Jan. 27 to submit a congressional map to the court.

Lawmakers recommended Bernard Grofman, director of The Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, and Nathanial Persily, a political science professor at Columbia University in New York.

Rogers says she still hopes the legislative commission originally charged with redrawing the lines will reach a bipartisan deal in the meantime.